Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8672, Amos Doane, Mass. R.I. Sea Service

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
mass
Doane, Amos
W: 8672
R. J. Lee Service
Abigail
B.L. No. 9463-160-55
CONTENTS

80-519 act 3 March
April 19 1875
Abigail Doane / off widow of Amos Doane & Regina
Private Shepherds Regt
March 19th Bangor
Revolutionary war
Ms. A. 9. 2. 6
Ms. A. 9. 2. 6 Ms. A. 9. 2. 6
Bangor
Ad. 160 ad. Nov 8 '58.
Ms. A. 9. 2. 6
Dodge
Chas. W. Porter
Bangor — Maine
Vol. D. 112.

N. R. 16,044.
Let to R. M c Intire, Oct 3. 1839.
Maine
Amos Deane
d. 6/23/1842
of Penobscot in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Webb of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Shepherd in the Massach s line, for the term of nine months from January 1778 to October 1778
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 3 rd day of April 1818 and
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th of Novem r 1819. and sent to Mr. Kinsley Hampden Maine
Continued on the Roll on 15 th day of January 1829. and notification sent to E. Brown at Hampden: Banga Maine Pension commencing on the 1 st of January 1829.
Amount due on 4th of March 1829.
$ 15 00 48
March 1820
{ Revolutionary Claims Acts March 18, 1818, & May 1, 1820.

✓ 333 Maine
Abigail Doane widow of Amos Doane Maj who served in the Revolutionary
war, as a Pirate
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 96 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1818. 30 February 1853
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 th day of May 1853 and sent to
Chas P. Brown Bangor Me.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act July 29, 1818, Page 2 Vol. A
1818

Deulation

State of Maine.
Penobscot ss. At a court of Common Pleas began and holden at Bangor within & for our county of Penobscot on the first Tuesday of Jan y in the year of our Lord 1829; the same being a court of Record, having common law jurisdiction, personally appeared in open court on this day of said term, Amos Doane of Hampden in said county of Penobscot, Yeoman, aged Seventy years, who being first sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the Acts of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818 and the first of May 1820; that he the said Amos Doane enlisted twice for the term of nine months, each time in the State of Massachusetts in the company commanded by Capt. George Webb, in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Shephard in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental establishment, and continued in said service for the term of eighteen months and was honorably discharged from said service he farther makes oath, that he is not now able to fix the precise time of his enlistments & that his discharge was burnt up in a house which was consumed by fire, many years since, that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension except the present; that his name has been placed on the pension list; that the number of his pension certificate does not appear on it, but is dated November 29 th 1819: And he never before exhibited a schedule of his property because he had hopes, that Congress would make provision for all of the old revolutionary Soldiers without giving them any trouble as a matter of debt, and because he was unwilling to ask for charity as a pauper as long as he could by selling his little property support himself & family; And in pursuance of Act of the first

of May 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th of March 1818, and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with an intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war passed on the 18 th day of March 1828; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities contracts or debts due me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, by me subscribed: that since the 18 th day of March 1818, I have been obliged to sell about fifty two acres of my land & to dispose of some of my stock in order to provide the means of supporting my family & of paying my debts; that I have now remaining only about eight acres of land with a small old house & barn, which have been built about 36 years & are worth about $100 and a yoke of oxen & horses which are worth about sixty dollars. I make oath that I am a farm by profession. My family consists of a wife aged thirty three years, a grand child aged nine years, one aged five years & a third aged three years; that I am lame in one arm & that I have no means of comfortably supporting myself & family without the aid of Government.
James Goddard
Sworn to, and declared on the 6 th day of January 1829.
Before David Perham Jr. Com. Pleas.

Isaac Hodsdon Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the County of Penobscot & State of Maine, do hereby certify, that it appears to the satisfaction of the court the said Amos Doane did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy for the term of nine months under one engagement on the continental establishment. I do also certify that the foregoing oath & schedule annexed are truly copied from the records of said court, and I do further certify that it is the opinion of said court that the total amount of the in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is one hundred and fifty Dollars.
I further certify that the Hon. David Perham before whom the said Amos Doane was sworn, is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the State of Maine, and the signature purporting to be his, is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said court on this fifth day of January 1829.
Isaac Hodsdon Clerk
Schedule of property of Amos Doane of Hampden in the County of Penobscot & State of Maine which he owned on the 18 th day of March 1818 & on the first day of January 1829 viz. on the 18 th day March 1818 the said Amos owned about sixty acres of land with a small house & barn of the value of about four hundred dollars.
Six head of neat stock of the value of about $75- 400.00 75.00 Total $475.00
On the first day January 1829 the said Doane owned only about eight acres of said land with said house & barn worth about one hundred dollars - 100.00 one yoke of small oxen & two cows worth about fifty or sixty dollars which is all the property which the said Doane owns excepting necessary clothing & bedding.
Amos Doane

State of Maine
County of as Penobscot } on this sixteenth day of February AD 1853. personally appeared before me the subscri- ber a Judge of the Supreme Judicial Court for the State aforesaid, and duly authorized to ad- minister oaths in the County and State aforesaid. Mrs Abigail Coane a widow of the Town of Hampden in the County and State aforesaid aged eighty four years, who being duly sworn according to Law, doth on oath make the follow- ing declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Provision made by the act of Congress, passed February AD 1853. — That she is the widow of Amos Coane, who was a soldier in the Revolu- tionary War, and drew a pension of ninety six Dollars per annum from the United States Govern- ment for his said service up to the date of his death. That the residence of said Amos Coane was in Hampden aforesaid. That his said pension was paid to him at the Maine Agency for Pensions, in Portland, Me — The documents & papers on file are hereby referred to, which show all the facts. She further declares, that she was married to the said Amos Coane, on the eighth day of April AD 1824, at said Hampden by Ezra Knowlton, Rev.

That her husband the aforesaid Amos Doane died at said Hampden on the twenty third day of June A.D. 1842, that she was married to him at the time above stated, she further deposes that she is now a widow and at the passage of the act aforesaid, and has been since the death of her said husband, the said Amos Doane, and that she has never before made application for a pension,
Alast John Appleton
in Margaret Doane
Sworn to & subscribed, on the day & year above written before me The applicant from all affidavits, being entitled to a pension, appears in open court and I certify that I have not rendered or interest in the same State of Maine, County of Penobscot ss. John Appleton Jus S. Court This Clerken
State of Maine.
Penobscot county:
I hereby certify, that John Appleton Esquire before whom the foregoing declaration was made, and who has thereunto sub- scribed his name, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court for said State, in and for the County of Penobscot, duly commissioned and sworn.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of my Office as Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court for said County this seventeenth day of February in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty three.
Nathan Weston Jr. Clerk

v Midone 80.519
475
Abigail Dowe
claim to
Bonny Land
act of March 3 55-
Thos W Porter Atty
Bangor, Maine

STATE OF MAINE. County of Penobscot } ss.
On this ninth day of March A. D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty , personally appeared before me, a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County and State aforesaid, Abigail Doane aged 86 years, a resident of Hamden in the State of Maine, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Amos Doane deceased, who was a private in the company commanded by
Capt. Revolutionary War (but she has no means to designate where his service particularly but she refers to the papers herein after referred to)
that her husband enlisted
at
on or about
A. D.
for the term of
and continued in actual service in said War
for the term of
and was honorably discharged on or about
the
day of
A. D.
as will appear by
That the aforesaid Amos Doane , her said husband drew a pension of ninety six dollars per year, at the Portland Maine agency, till his death - That she was placed on the pension rolls at the same rate under the act of Feb 3 1853 - her certificate is No 333 dated May eleventh AD 1853
She refers to her application in this case for the full particulars in this case - & that she is now upon the pension list & draws from the Pension Agency
She further states that she was married to the said Amos Doane in Hamden on the 8th day of April
A. D. 1824 by one Jonathan Knowles and that her name before her said marriage was Abigail Libby that her said husband died at Hamden on the 14th day of June
A. D. 1841 and that she is still a widow.
She further declares that neither she nor her said husband were ever entitled to, or
have they received, Bounty Land under any other act of Congress & never made any other application
She makes this declaration, for the purpose of obtaining the Bounty Land to which she may be entitled, under the Act of Congress passed March 3. AD 1855
granting Bounty
Lands to certain officers and soldiers, and their heirs or widows, who have been engaged in the Military service of the United States.
Witness Edward Doane  Abigail Doane
Subscribed and sworn to, before me, the day and year first above written, and I hereby certify that I believe the said Abigail Doane to be the widow of the soldier above named, and that she appears to be of the age above written, and that I have no interest whatever, of any kind or description in the Warrant that may be issued upon the foregoing application.
Charles P. Brown Justice of the Peace.

STATE OF MAINE, on oath depose and say that my presence, and that he died at on the day of
of in the personally acquainted with deceased, who was the husband of who subscribed the foregoing declaration, in in the State of A. D.
STATE OF MAINE, County of Personally appeared the above named the truth of the foregoing affidavit by Before me,
ss. A. D. and made oath to signed in my presence. Justice of the Peace.
We Edward Doane, & Josiah A. Ware both of Houlton in the STATE OF MAINE, on oath depose and say, that we are personally acquainted with Abigail Doane who subscribed the foregoing declaration in our presence and have known her twenty years, & up and that we personally know the parties in the life of the husband, and know them to live together as husband and wife, and to be so reputed, and that she still remains the widow of said deceased Amos Doane who served as set forth. & that she is the identical person she has represented herself to be in the foregoing application.
Edward Doane Josiah A. Ware
STATE OF MAINE, County of Penobscot Personally appeared the above named Edward Doane & Josiah A. Ware and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit, by them
ss. March 9th A. D. 1855
signed, in my presence. & I hereby Before me, credible witnesses, & have near the Abigail Doane and are so Justice of the Peace. Splendidly as to enable them to state the facts, above set forth by them
Before me Charles P. Brown Justice of the Peace
STATE OF MAINE, County of ss. I, NATHAN WESTON, Jr., Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County, hereby certify, that Charles P. Brown Esquire, is an acting JUSTICE OF THE PEACE in and for said County, as appears by the foregoing certificates, that he is duly qualified to act as such; and that the signatures purporting to be his, are genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand and affixed the Seal of the SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT for said State, this fourteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five Nathan Weston Jr. Clerk.

N0386 March 3 rd 1853
Mrs Abigail Doane
Application
for Pension as widow of Amos Doane
Act of Feb 3 rd 1853
Maine 1818
Revolutionary
Mayo
Charles P. Brown Bangor Me
To be notified,

11 The following is the Return of Marriages by Jonathan Knowles Esqr
April Eighth, Eighteen hundred & twenty four. Mr Anias Doane & Mrs Abigail Libby both of Hampden, Attest Simeon Stetson Town Clerk."
I certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the Record with the exception of the date which is expressed on the Record in fair legible figures as follows viz. "April 8 th 1824"
Attest John Nourse Town Clerk of the town of Hampden.
I John Nourse above named depose and say that I hold the office of Town Clerk in the town of Hampden, County of Penobscot and State of Maine, and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said town with the exception above named as certified by me John Nourse Clerk of Hampden
State of Maine } County of Penobscot } Feb 16, 1853
Subscribed and Sworn to before me and I hereby certify that I have no concern or interest whatever in the prosecution of said claim. George B. Starbird Justice

April 20, 1932
BA-8/VCS
XXXXXXXXXXXX
Amos Doane
W. 8672
Mrs. Carrie Jones 146 Massachusetts Avenue, Apt. 616 Boston, Massachusetts
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter requesting information in regard to Amos Doane, a soldier of the Revolution.
The data furnished herein were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, W. 8672, based upon the military service of Amos Doane.
While living in Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, he enlisted about April, 1777, as private in Captain George Webb's Company in Colonel Shepard's Regiment in General Glover's Brigade of Massachusetts troops, was at the capture of Burgoyne and was discharged in October, 1778, having served eighteen months. In April, 1779, he entered the service on board the armed vessel, Eagle or Resolution, which was commanded by Captain Elijah Paine and served one year during which time said vessel captured three British ships, one brig and one schooner; he was discharged at Boston.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 3, 1818, at which time he was sixty years of age and a resident of Hampden, Penobscot County, Maine.
The soldier died June 23, 1842, at Hampden, Maine.
He married April 8, 1824, at Hampden, Maine, Abigail Libby, and both were residents of Hampden.
On account of the Revolutionary War service of Amos Doane, his widow, Abigail, was allowed pension on her application executed February 16, 1853, at which time she was eighty-four years of age and was living at Hampden, Maine.

In 1829 the soldier referred to his grandchildren aged nine, five and three years, but he did not give their name and the name of the soldier's wife by a former marriage was not given,
Reference was made to Amos Doane, Jr., who died many years before 1828 and whose widow married James Mayo of Hampden, Maine, but the relation of said Amos to the soldier was not given.
One Edward Doane was living in Hampden, Maine, in 1855, relation to soldier not given.
This office has no knowledge of the existence of a list showing the names of the soldiers who crossed the Delaware River with General Washington.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator

8672
Apl. 3. 1818 - 60
Nampden
Apl. 77 Eastham Mass.
Capt Webb
Col Shepherd
Prt. 9 m
Saratoga
mar Abigail - Libby
Apl. 8. 1824 Nampden m
D. June 3. 1842 " "

3 24 clamps and
clamps returned Apr. 20, 1932
Feb 20 1932
To: General Coffin Recrd Dept of Rev Soldiers
Gentlemen
Can you give me any information wanted for genealogical data? - Thanks Yours sincerely
RECORDS OF PENSIONS FEB 23 1932 SECTION 1 PENSION & RECORDS
Alma Pines (Mrs) 146 Mass Ave Oct 6/6 Boston Mass

R
Is there any list obtainable of the Rev. Soldiers who served Gen Washington across the Delaware? The Web-foots under Gen. Greene - All Quaker- head - have been kept thro. Penn trying to place Rev Smith Deane Elisha Jonathan Or David John L. Deane John of Eastham Mass Amos P. B. Jr. to James Wright in battle Sept 19, 1776

5897
Bangor April 18 th 1904.
Dear Sir
Can you give me the date of birth and death of the follow- ing Revolutionary soldier. William March aged 81 in 1840.
Anne Doane, aged 82 in 1840; both in Census of Penobscot, and killed by redskins
Mrs. Storer W. Doane 61. Fourth St. Bangor. Maine

apl. 30. 1904 - his to Mrs. S. W. Jones Bangor Me
1932 Apr 20. list to Mrs. Carrie Jones
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 8672
Abigail Doane Wid
Amos Leavitt Brat Rev War
Act: July 29  1842
Index:—Vol. A , Page 188
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Appn for Continuance due letter 30 th October 1828 to Enoch Brown.
16,044 R
District of Maine
Amos Doane
of Hampden in the state of District of Maine who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Sheperd of the Mapachusett line, for the term of Nine Months
Inscribed on the roll of District of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 3 rd of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th of Nov r 1818 and sent to M c Kinley Esq. Hampden, D ist of Maine.
Arrears to 4th of Sep 1819  136.5
Semi-ann. all'ce ending Mar. 1820.  42.0
18 11 2 30
$184.50
{ Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818. }

✓ 94 63
160 am

No. 805-79
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received Apr 19 th , 1878-8-
Amos Hane Sec - Pri
Shepards Rept
Map Line
Rev. War.
9466_160-55-
Chas. W. Prober
Bangor
Me

Brief in the case of Abigail Hoane, widow of Amos Penobscot County and State of Maine act 23 Feb 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase." )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a pensioner under Act 18 March 1818, at $96 per annum. Proof of Marriage — Certified copy of Town Records
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
C. A. Brown Bangor Me
S. Cole Examining Clerk.

State of Maine.
Penobscot, ss.
I, William T. Hilliard  Nathan Weston Jun. , Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County, certify that
Charles P. Brown and George B. Starbird,
Esquires are acting Justices of the Peace, in and for said County, as appears by the papers hereto annexed, that they are duly qualified to act as such;
and that the signatures purporting to be theirs and genuine.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of the SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT for said State, this sixteenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty three .
Nathan Weston Jr. Clerk.

State of Maine
County of Penobscot ss. On this sixteenth day of February AD 1855, personally appeared before me C. P. Bridgman Esq. one of the Justices of the Peace in the County of Penobscot aforesaid, and authorized to administer oaths therein, Isaiah Deane of Hampden in said County aged sixty two years, who being duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath declare, That he was well acquainted with Amos Deane who was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, & drew a pension from the United States for his said services, That said Amos resided in said Hampden to the time of his death for many years, That said Amos Deane died at said Hampden on the twenty third day of June 1842, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & forty two, That he was with said Amos Deane at the time of his death, & very often during his last sickness - That his place of residence was but a few rods from said Amos residence, He also further swears That he is well acquainted with Abigail Deane widow of said Amos Deane, That she has resided in  at  the  in said Amos Deane, & now resides near here  here in the farm where said Amos died

That she has remained a widow since the decease of her said husband Amos Doane, is still a widow, That said Abigail's name before her said marriage to said Amos Doane, was Abigail Libby of Hampton Then said Amos Doane & Abigail Libby were married on the eight day of April A.D. 1821 in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred & twenty one, (A.D. 1821,) at said Hampton by Jonathan Knowles Esq. an adjoining Justice of the Peace within & for said County of Piscataquis aforesaid, That he, the said Isaac Doane was present at the said marriage between the said Amos & Abigail, & and was well acquainted with them up to the time of said Amos Doane as aforesaid, is still well acquainted with said Abigail, that her apparent age is between eighty & ninety years, and he further states that the said Abigail Doane above named, is the identical Abigail Doane who has this day made application before Hon. Appleton Appleton Judge of the Supreme Court for the benefit of the act of Congress passed Feb 3rd A.D. 1853, I being present at the signing of her said application. Isaiah Doane
Subscribed & sworn to the day & year first above

written by the aforesaid Isaiah Deane before me and I hereby certify that said Isaiah Deane is a credible & reliable witness & has no interest in the prosecution of said claim & I hereby certify that I have no interest or concern in the prosecution of this claim, Charles A. Brown The Plaintiff

State of Maine
Penobscot ss Be it remembered, that on this eighth day of April in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & twenty four, I joined in marriage, according to law, Mr Elias Doane & Miss Abigail Libby both of Hampden
Jonathan Knowles justice of the Peace
A True copy of Record attest
Jon a Knowles Justice of the Peace

Sept 30.
Mr. Ome
Amos Dean Merrill
29 Nov 49
4
Shaper
Mr. Ome
Sept 30.
J. S. Edwards Esquire, Commissioner of Pensions Washington City D. C.

Land Office, Bangor, September 19, 1839.
J. P. Edwards, Esquire, Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Sir
In addition to former letters addressed to your Department in relation to Revolutionary Pensioners, will request a copy of the original declaration in the following case, viz. Cosmos Doane, at the time of his enlistment an inhabitant of Castham in Mass., believed to have served in Capt Webb's Company in Col Shepherds Regt and Genl Glovers Brigade in Mass. line.
Should it appear from his declaration made (and forwarded to your Department in order to obtain a pension from the General Government, that he did not serve full three years - If other evidence is in your Department showing he served three years, will you have the goodness to forward the same, either in the service of the Army or Navy.
Yours Respectfully
Rufus White, Land Agent of Maine
P. S. Said Doane, is now an inhabitant of Hampden, Me and has been for the last forty years.

Hon. Peter B. Porter Secretary of War Washington
Penn. Ave. S.E. 29th St. N.W. Wash. D.C.

Hampden Oct. 21 st 1828 Hon. Peter B. Porter.
Sir:
By the request of Amos Doone, a Soldier of the revolution, I enclose his declaration under oath, which he hopes will entitle him to the continuance of the bounty of his government. He was placed on the pension list in 1819, and received his pension to March 1820; after which he made no application for its continuance until this time. He is now old, infirm, and needy, with a considerable family to support; and will probably in a short time pass beyond the reach of the bounty of his country.
I have annexed to his declaration, the affidavit of Judge Hinsley, who assisted him in obtaining his pension. In his affidavit, you will perceive a copy of the certificate issued by the Hon Department in 1819.
Mr. Doone will feel greatly obliged to you, if you would cause me to be notified, if any difficulty should occur in renewing his pension. Very Respectfully Yours &c. &c.
Enoch Brown

Hampden Jan. 8 th 1829 Hon. Peter B. Porter
Sir.
The communication which, you were good enough to cause to be sent to me, enclosing the papers relative to the claim of Thomas Doane to be placed on the pension list, was duly received: but no Court of Record has been in Session in this County since the reception, until this time. Doane has complied with all of the requisitions in the several instructions so far as was in his power. Some papers have been destroyed: But he has substantially complied.
Mr Doane is near neighbour, and I am well acquainted with his destitute & necessitous situation, and feel interested, that he should be relieved. You will perceive, Sir, the impossibility of his proving how the consideration for the sale of land since March 1818 has been applied, because he applied it to his daily subsistence and to the payment of small debts.
Very Respectfully Your Obdt Servt
Enoch Brown

I Deone Affidavit
Per Reviam — Value of Property $150.

I, Isaiah Dione of Houlton in the County of Penobscot of lawful age testify and say, that I live in the vicinity of Simon Dione of Houlton, & that I am well acquainted with his property, and I am of opinion, that the few acres of land which he owns is worth about fifty dollars & that the old house and barn standing on the land are worth about forty dollars making ninety dollars.
I further testify, that the said Dione owns a small yoke of oxen worth in my opinion about thirty five dollars, & two cows worth in my opinion about twenty dollars making in the whole of personal estate fifty five dollars.
Isaiah Dione
Penobscot ss. July 5 th 1829 Then personally appeared
Isaiah Dione & made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit. by him Signed Before me Enoch Brown J. P.
8.98. 55 14.53

I James Moyo of Houlton in the County of Penobscot & State of Maine of lawful age, testify & say, that some time since a note came into my hands, which was given by Amos Doone of said Houlton to one Amos Doone Jnr. for the sum of ninety eight dollars & 46 cents and I called on said Doone for payment, on security of said note, and found that it was not in the power of said Doone to pay said note except in land, and he accordingly contrived to sell about eleven acres of the residue of his little farm for 96 dollars to pay in front the said note; which leaves only a bare acres with the old house & barn of his former little farm to the said Doone. I further testify that I have always understood & sincerely believe that this debt originated in labour performed & services rendered for the said Amos Doone by one Amos Doone, Jnr. who deceased a number of years since, and I left the said demand with his widow, whom I have married, and now possess the note.
I further testify, that I have been a neighbour to the said Amos Doone for more than twenty years, that he is a farmer by profession, and a man of industrious and frugal habits, but is now old and infirm, and in my opinion stands in need of the aid of government, or of private charity. I further testify that within ten years past, the said Amos Doone has been afflicted with much sickness in his family, & lost a number of children by death; and I presume, that he has not parted with any part of his property any sooner than necessity compelled him. I

have understood from him, that he has always been in hopes, that the government would do something for all of the old Soldiers without his making any particular application for himself to be continued on the pension roll.
James Mayo
State of Maine
Penobscot ss. December 13 th 1828 Then personally appeared James Mayo, and was sworn agreeably to law to the truth of the deposition of the disposition of him subscribed. Before me
Enoch Brown Justice of the Peace
I, Isaac Hodsdon, Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the County of Penobscot in the State of Maine, do hereby certify that Enoch Brown Esq. before whom this deposition was taken & before whom the depositions of Stevens A. March & William Whetmore were taken is Justice of the Peace within & for said County of Penobscot, is fully authorized by the laws of said State to take said depositions. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of said Court this 7 th day of January A.D. 1829
Isaac Hodsdon Clerk
Disposition of James Mayo

Dispositions
I William Whitmore of Hampden in the county of Penobscot & State of Maine of lawful age, testify and say, that in the year of our Lord 1825, I purchased of Amos Doane of said Hampden a piece of land, and took a deed of him of the same, of which the following is a true copy Viz, "To all Men be these Presents, that I Amos Doane of Hampden in the county of Penobscot and State of Maine Yeoman, in consideration of the sum of two hundred & seventy five dollars paid by William Whitmore of said Hampden Yeoman, the receipt whereof I do hereby acknow- ledge, do hereby give, grant, bargain & sell & confirm unto the said William Whitmore, his heirs and assigns forever the Southerly part of my farm in Hampden containing forty five acres & one hundred & thirty rods of land, be the same more, or less, and is bounded thus, beginning at a cedar stake & pile of stones in the Northeast corner of lot No. 57, thence South 17 1/2 degrees East 24 rods & 21 links to a cedar stake; thence West 11° north through the centre of said Farm two hundred & ninety seven rods to a stake & stones by the county road, thence South 46 1/2° West 1 1/2 rods to a cedar post in the corner of Daniel Whitneys land; thence South 23° east about twenty five rods by the said Whitneys line, and the fence as it now stands to the North line of said lot No. 57; thence east 11° South by said north line about 286 rods to the first described boundary, reserving the county road laid out over the premises. To have & to hold the above granted & bargained premises, with all the appurtenances & appurtenant rights

thereof, to the said William Whitmore, his heirs & assigns, to them and their heirs forever: And I do covenant with the said William Whitmore, his heirs, & assigns, that I am lawfully seised in fee of the premises; that they are free from all incumbrances; that I have good right to sell & convey the same to the said William Whitmore to hold as aforesaid. And that I will warrant, and defend the same to the said William Whitmore, his heirs & assigns forever against the lawful claims and demands of all persons. In witness whereof we, the said Amos Doane & wife of the said Amos in token of her relinquishing her right of dower in the premises have hereunto set our hands & seals this 22 d day of August in the year of our Lord 1825
Signed, Sealed & delivered
Amos Doane L.S.
In presence of
Abigail Doane L.S.
Daniel Emery
Cyrus Emery
Rehoboth ss Septm. 17 th 1825 Personally appeared Amos Doane, and acknowledged the above instrument to be his free act & deed
Before me Daniel Emery Justice of the Peace
I further testify, that I never caused the above deed to be recorded in the registry of deeds, but that I took possession of the land granted immediately after the execution of the above deed. I further testify that I live in the immediate vicinity of Amos Doane, and that I am knowing to his selling off his little property at a small price at a time to pay his debts & support his family until he has but a few acres of land left; and that he now stands in need of the aid of government, or of the town to make him comfortable.
Wm. Whitmore
S

State of Maine Penobscot ss. Dec. 29 th 1828
Then personally appeared William Whitmore, and was solemnly sworn to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him Signed. Before me
Enoch Brown Justice of the Peace
I Stevens A. Murch of Houlton in the County of Penobscot of lawful age testify and say, that in the year of our Lord 1827 I purchased of Amos Doane of said Houlton a piece of land, and a small piece also of William Whitmore, and took a valid deed from them of which the following is a true copy, Vis. "Knowall Men by these Presents, That We Amos Doane & William Whitmore, both of Houlton in the County of Penobscot & State of Maine Gentlemen, in consideration of fifty dollars paid by Stevens A. Murch of Houl- ton, County & State aforesaid. The receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, do hereby give, grant, bargain, sell and convey to the said Stevens A. Murch, his heirs & assigns forever a small tract of land situate in said Houlton & being a part of the original lot No. 58, & is bounded as follows, Vis. beginning at an oak tree on the north line of said lot about twenty seven rods from the South west corner of Isaac Dancy's three acres, thence westerly on said North line to the Kennebec road being about fifty one rods, thence Westerly on the Kennebec road forty seven rods to Thompson Murch's corner on the South side of the Kennebec road near the point of the ledge, thence Southerly on the east line of Thompson Murch's land about thirty rods to the north line of lot No. 57, thence Easterly on said line thirty five rods to a beech tree; thence South easterly follow- ing the brook & course of the ledge sixty five rods to the first bound. To have & to hold the aboveground & bongoined premises with all the fences, buildings and appurtenances thereof, to the said Stevens A. Murch, his heirs & assigns to them use & behoof forever: And we do covenant with the said Stevens A. Murch, his heirs & assigns

That we are lawfully seized in fee of the premises; That they are free from all encumbrances; that we have good right to sell & convey the same to the said Stevens to hold as of old. And that we will warrant & defend the same to the said Stevens, his heirs & assigns, against the lawful claims & demands of all persons. In witness whereof, we the said Amos Doane, & Abigail Doane, wife of the said Amos, & William Whitmore & Joan Whitmore, wife of the said William, & in consideration of the above, & in token of their relinquishing their right of dower in the above premises have hereunto set our hands & seals, this 18 th day of April in the year of our Lord 1827
Signed, Sealed & delivered In presence of Zachariah Snow
Amos Doane L.S. William Whitmore L.S.
Known
Probat f. April 21 st 1827 Then personally appeared Amos Doane & William Whitmore, and acknowledged the above instrument by them signed to be their free act & deed. Before me Enoch Brown Jus. Peace; I further testify that the above deed has never been recorded, but that I took immediate possession of the premises after the execution of the deed.
I further testify & say, that I now live & have lived for more than twenty years a near neighbor to Amos Doane, and that I am knowing to his rising from his little property for the purpose of paying his debts and supporting his family, until he has only a small old house & barn & a few acres of land left. I further testify that he is a man of frugal & industrious habits, but has now become old & infirm, and now stands in need of the aid of government
Storrs to Marsh
Probat f. December 6 th 1828
Then personally appeared Stevens at Marsh & was solemnly sworn to the truth of the foregoing of deposition by him signed
Before me
Enoch Brown Justice of the Peace

Leb d Young's Deposition for Amos Doane

I Lebun Young of Hampton in the County of Penobscot aged fifty nine, on Oath do testify & say, that in the year 1777. I lived in the town of Eastham on Cape Cod, in the County of Barnstable; In the Spring of that year I enlisted into the Revolutionary war in Capt. George Webb's Company & Col. Shepherd's Regt. of the Massachusetts Line for the Term of nine months Mr. Amos Daine , now of this town, but then of the said town of Eastham, enlisted into the same Company with me; we served the said term of nine months together, the whole time in the said Company. Mr. said Daine was a good & faithful soldier during the said nine months, & was honorably discharged at a place called Vale Forge about the 1st of January 1778.
Feb. 15
Leb. Young
Penobscot ss. Hampton October 15. 1819.
Personally appeared Lebun Young above named, being a Respectable Freeholder, An credible Witness, and made solemn Oath to the truth of the foregoing Disposition by him sub- scribed, in my presence
M. Kingsley. J. C. C. S.

I George Webb of Holden in the County of Worcester Commonwealth of Massachusetts of Lawful Age do testify — being God and Conscience but according to my best knowledge that Amos Dane enlisted into my company in Col ne Shep- herd's Regiment in the Spring of Southern hands and Twenty Seven, and served under me as a good soldier for the term of nine months and was honorably discharged witness Lemuel Davis George Webb Merrill Davis
Worcester ss. Sept 13. 1819.
George Webb above named personally appeared and was sworn to the above deposition by him subscribed before me
Lemuel Davis Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
WORCESTER, ss.
I, ABIJAH BIGELOW, Clerk of the Judicial Courts holden within and for said County of Worcester , certify that Samuel Davis , Esquire , before whom the annexed affidavit has been made, is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly qualified for the purpose, acting under the authority of this Commonwealth, and that his name subscribed thereto is his own proper signature.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the County seal, this fifteenth day of September , A. D. 1819.
Application of Amos Dane.
Abijah Bigelow, Clk.
Case

Amos Dargle
Private 9
Col. Shepard's Regt
1777 - 9 months
Served only 8 months
Admitted Inadmissible

I Amos Doane of Hampden in the County of Lincoln man, aged sixty, do hereby testify & say, that an or about the month of April 1777 I enlisted into the Revolutionary War, in Capt. George Webb's Company & Col. Shepherd's Regt. & Massachusetts Line Glover's Brigade, for the term of nine months: We joined our Regiment at Pikes Hill, & went on to Albany & Fort Edward; I was at the capture of Burgoyne; We went into winter quarters at Valley Forge; where I was regularly discharged on or about the 10 th day of January 1778. Immediately after this, I enlisted again for nine months in the same Company & Regiment; I continued about three months at Valley Forge sick of a fever & the small Pox; Then we marched to Providence R.I. at which place I received a regular discharge some time in October according to the best of my recollection: In the month of April 1779 I shipped on board an Armed Vessel in the service of the Government, for one year at eight dollars per month: I think the name of the vessel was either the Eagle or the Resolution: Capt. Elijah Paine Commander: We captured three British ships one Brig & one Schooner: at or about the time of the expiration of the said term, I was regularly discharged in Boston: I have lost all my discharges: I am now under reduced circumstances & need the assistance of my country for support: I hereby relinquish all claim to any Pension on account of my said services. — Amos Doane

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
1 BSCOT, ss.
IN the 3 d — day of April A. D. 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Third Eastern Circuit, of the Court of Common Pleas, in said Commonwealth, including the Counties of Hancock, Washington and Penobscot : Personally appeared Amos Doane who, being by me first duly sworn according to law, on his oath made the statement and declaration by him subscribed, and hereto annexed, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the revolutionary war."
And thereupon, I the said Judge do certify that I am satisfied the said Amos did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in his said declaration, against the common enemy, and that he has made it appear to me, that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support.
Which proceedings and the testimony annexed, being all he has been able to produce, I now transmit to the Secretary, for the department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name and caused the seal of said Court to be hereto affixed M c Kinsley Esquire, Judge of the Court as aforesaid.